Wind loading
Date
Activity
Snowboarding
I toured up to Divide today
the wind was still cooking and loading the east facing slopes
i did 3x stability tests (quick pits using my snow saw) as I gained the ridge towards the peak
each pit receiving poor test scores, failed and propagated just below the new snow from this week
i stuck to the sheltered lower angle trees
I would not have trusted any wind loaded/loading slopes today
on the way to the “pillow factory” I kicked off a very small harmless slide (photo attached)
this slide was on the same aspect and slope angle as the very small slide I kicked off yesterday (report submitted) just in a slightly different location
Region
Northern Gallatin
Location (from list)
Divide Cirque